bobble
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Wow, that looks so much better. What a difference, you're doing a fantastic job.
Hole In The Head Horse - 19 days later
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Stacie_and_Jed
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Jesus that is horrific isnt it?
I too never saw the orginal post. Glad she is healing well.
I too never saw the orginal post. Glad she is healing well.
Xtra
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Looks like it is healing well.
My oldest mare had a similar wound after someone smacked her on the head with a brick.
She is now all healed with a small dent which gets smaller every year.
My oldest mare had a similar wound after someone smacked her on the head with a brick.
She is now all healed with a small dent which gets smaller every year.
StefDua
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Pictures look horrific! I would have been terrified if one of ours had done that - good on you looks like it is healing miraculously well.
TicTac
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I am actually amazed that a wound like that can be left to heal with the minimum of intervention. Do the flies bother her?, what happens if something gets in the hole? (sorry to be so goolsih!) She is probably recovering so well because she is s tough little cookie!
Tia
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QR -
Yes it is quite amazing isn't it - over the years, having had to deal with some pretty freaky injuries, I have come to the conclusion that skin is incredibly miraculous.
To answer some questions; she smashed head-on onto the top of the gate post. Where the skull fractured, it was totally straight at the top and sort of crescent shaped underneath. The underneath part was like toughened glass in that it was smashed but remain knitted together; vet came along and cheesewired, snapped and sawed this all off to keep the bone smooth.
The bone has grown back a lot - I honestly didn't think this would happen, but vet was right in saying that some of it would. The skin is the most remarkable thing though and has continued growing very quickly. Still no signs of infection but this is always a risk and something I look out for constantly.
It isn't possible to gauze over the wound - there is absolutely nothing you could stick a dressing to. Can't bandage it as it would cover her eyes. Initially I was stuffing an 8 inch long Povidone drenched gauze down inside the hole, however she very quickly figured out how to partly remove this and would wander around with a giant sausage hanging out of her head - this did not go down well with her and she became very angry at having this thing swinging around her eyes, therefore I decided to stop stuffing the gauze in the hole and concentrated on trying to cover as much of the hole and inside with Furicin.
The flies don't bother this area so long as I have Furicin on it. In the photo when she first did it, I was waiting for the vet to turn up and that's why there is no fresh Furicin on the wound, hence the flies hanging around.
Something becoming lodged in the hole has always been a bit of a concern, but as far as I am aware, nothing is in there. The plan right now is to wait till the hole is almost sealed over, and then we will give the hole a good flushing out just to make sure no foreign object becomes sealed inside.
No surgery (apart from the breaking/removal of bone) was or will be performed. Once it seals over, it should just look like she has 3 supra-orbital fossae instead of 2.
I do like this little mare a lot, even though she is a real handful
, and I am very pleased, so far, with how she has handled this injury and all of the messing around, lots of times every day, that I have had to do with her; she has just taken it in her stride and yes she is a fighter!
Yes it is quite amazing isn't it - over the years, having had to deal with some pretty freaky injuries, I have come to the conclusion that skin is incredibly miraculous.
To answer some questions; she smashed head-on onto the top of the gate post. Where the skull fractured, it was totally straight at the top and sort of crescent shaped underneath. The underneath part was like toughened glass in that it was smashed but remain knitted together; vet came along and cheesewired, snapped and sawed this all off to keep the bone smooth.
The bone has grown back a lot - I honestly didn't think this would happen, but vet was right in saying that some of it would. The skin is the most remarkable thing though and has continued growing very quickly. Still no signs of infection but this is always a risk and something I look out for constantly.
It isn't possible to gauze over the wound - there is absolutely nothing you could stick a dressing to. Can't bandage it as it would cover her eyes. Initially I was stuffing an 8 inch long Povidone drenched gauze down inside the hole, however she very quickly figured out how to partly remove this and would wander around with a giant sausage hanging out of her head - this did not go down well with her and she became very angry at having this thing swinging around her eyes, therefore I decided to stop stuffing the gauze in the hole and concentrated on trying to cover as much of the hole and inside with Furicin.
The flies don't bother this area so long as I have Furicin on it. In the photo when she first did it, I was waiting for the vet to turn up and that's why there is no fresh Furicin on the wound, hence the flies hanging around.
Something becoming lodged in the hole has always been a bit of a concern, but as far as I am aware, nothing is in there. The plan right now is to wait till the hole is almost sealed over, and then we will give the hole a good flushing out just to make sure no foreign object becomes sealed inside.
No surgery (apart from the breaking/removal of bone) was or will be performed. Once it seals over, it should just look like she has 3 supra-orbital fossae instead of 2.
I do like this little mare a lot, even though she is a real handful
PeanutButterDragon
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Wow Tia! I'm so pleased she is healing to well and so quickly - how amazing is skin????!!! The original post had me feeling poorly!
mintaka04
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That's healing really well! I think you may have missed your calling as a nurse! lol!
Fransurrey
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I still think this is the most amazing injury I've ever seen. Well done for keeping it clean and well done to the vet for clearly doing a grand job!
harvgj19
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Crikey, it is amazing how fast that has healed! I think the Canadian air must be special, as all your injuries seem to heal up so well!
Kenzo
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Well that is amazing but I am sorry to hear about it what happend in the first place, I must of missed your other post.
Also it great that you have shared the photos with us to show the powers and wonders of healing and hopefully it will give us hope if god forbid something similar happend to one of our horses.
Lots of healing vibes coming your way and I hope the mare makes a good and full recovery.
Also it great that you have shared the photos with us to show the powers and wonders of healing and hopefully it will give us hope if god forbid something similar happend to one of our horses.
Lots of healing vibes coming your way and I hope the mare makes a good and full recovery.
kellyeaton
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did they sedate her whilst cutting and chese wiring het? that cream you put on what is it used for? is this from the vets?
Enfys
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So pleased to see the improvement and hope it all goes well.
How has she been to treat? Have you had to have help with her?
I know that a couple of mine would throughly object, but the others would just sort of huff and do the "Oh, if you must, get on with it then" thing and just put their heads down.
Tia, totally off topic, but I am itching to see how Legacy and Breeze are nowadays, please?
How has she been to treat? Have you had to have help with her?
I know that a couple of mine would throughly object, but the others would just sort of huff and do the "Oh, if you must, get on with it then" thing and just put their heads down.
Tia, totally off topic, but I am itching to see how Legacy and Breeze are nowadays, please?
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Donkeymad
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That is looking so much better so quickly. You are doing a fabulous job in caring for it. Well done, let's hope it continues so well.
jo1
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OMG - never saw the original post bt was slightly intrigued by the title of this post
Have never seen an injury like that - just shown it to my mum (who had horses for over 20 years) and even she was like OMG
so do you think it will heal completley then - will it affect her in any way?
you are a much better person than i am Tia - i honestly dont know what id do if my horse had a hole in her head like that
heres hoping she makes a complete and utter recovery with no side affects
Have never seen an injury like that - just shown it to my mum (who had horses for over 20 years) and even she was like OMG
so do you think it will heal completley then - will it affect her in any way?
you are a much better person than i am Tia - i honestly dont know what id do if my horse had a hole in her head like that
heres hoping she makes a complete and utter recovery with no side affects
Tia
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QR -
Sorry, I've been fencing and unloading hay wagons all day.
Trying to remember all the questions asked here; if I miss some, sorry.
Yes she was sedated when she had her skull sawn off; I think she may well have killed all of us in one fell swoop, had she not been, Lol!
Furicin is an antibiotic/antiseptic cream - it has been my savour over here with the bizarre accidents which have occurred.
She has been really good for me; initially yes I had to have help as she had to be twitched to have the "sausage" changed twice a day. The "sausage" remained in for a week or so until she figured out how to get it out. Once I no longer had to do this I could deal with her alone; and have been dealing with her wound myself twice a day and she has been good. I know she likes me as she calls to me every time I go out there and when I go down to her she is incredibly affectionate, however she can turn in the blink of an eye
. I visit her for a chat about 10 or 15 times a day, so she does take up time but I don't mind as she is on her own right now and has been a little star whilst being separated from her herd
. She can't go in with other horses until her hole seals over - it just wouldn't be safe. She seems perfectly happy in her little paddock though as she can see everything that is going on on the farm. I think she thought it was her lucky day today as I moved a whole herd of 14 into a brand new big pasture field (which I stole from being a hay field
) next to where she is and I think she thought that perhaps she should be allowed to go in with them all, bless her.
Vet called by today to look at a new horse who has had a dreadful 4 months and was retrieved back from a loan home a few days ago, so after we dealt with this horse, he visited this mare and again was blown away by the speed of healing. Vet is coming back next week to help me clean the inside out again and he will have another check to make sure nothing is lodged inside as he believes that this will seal over before we know it.
Enfys; I am so sorry. I have been lax
; a number of people have asked to see photos of my little ones and I just haven't had the time to snap their photos recently whatwith finishing off the hay and desperately working to get this new pasture field fenced. Well we finally unloaded the very last 4 wagons filled with our (what seems like millions of) small squares, although we will be baling about 100 large rounds tomorrow and will have to bring them into the barn; so although not as busy manually, it will still take time to get them all in the barn as the hay field we are doing right now is not on this farm but further up the road, so lots of travel/unloading time. I promise to have some photos of Legacy and Breeze as soon as possible - if I get my act together first thing tomorrow morning I will try to post them before heading off out for the day.
Legacy is very lovely, although I don't know if she has changed much since my last lot of photos of her some months ago; well she will have changed as she is quite a bit taller than her mum; I don't know, you guys would know better than me. Breeze on the other hand has changed so much, she is amazing! She is such a stunningly put together filly; absolutely oozes quality! She's so wonderfully built and has a MASSIVE Quarter Horse butt on her! The girls are now in a field which adjoins their daddy again; he came flying over to greet them as soon as I moved them all into this new field. The girls have always adored their daddy (he's the best daddy in the world
) and both were straight over there to cuddle with him
. I may put him in with them all again as I was watching them today and he was as kind to the other babies as he was with his own girls. That was why I took him out, because he did not like any foals which were not his and became awfully protective over his daughters. I would like to put him back in as he is pair-bonded with Cloud
.
Sorry, I've been fencing and unloading hay wagons all day.
Trying to remember all the questions asked here; if I miss some, sorry.
Yes she was sedated when she had her skull sawn off; I think she may well have killed all of us in one fell swoop, had she not been, Lol!
Furicin is an antibiotic/antiseptic cream - it has been my savour over here with the bizarre accidents which have occurred.
She has been really good for me; initially yes I had to have help as she had to be twitched to have the "sausage" changed twice a day. The "sausage" remained in for a week or so until she figured out how to get it out. Once I no longer had to do this I could deal with her alone; and have been dealing with her wound myself twice a day and she has been good. I know she likes me as she calls to me every time I go out there and when I go down to her she is incredibly affectionate, however she can turn in the blink of an eye
Vet called by today to look at a new horse who has had a dreadful 4 months and was retrieved back from a loan home a few days ago, so after we dealt with this horse, he visited this mare and again was blown away by the speed of healing. Vet is coming back next week to help me clean the inside out again and he will have another check to make sure nothing is lodged inside as he believes that this will seal over before we know it.
Enfys; I am so sorry. I have been lax
Legacy is very lovely, although I don't know if she has changed much since my last lot of photos of her some months ago; well she will have changed as she is quite a bit taller than her mum; I don't know, you guys would know better than me. Breeze on the other hand has changed so much, she is amazing! She is such a stunningly put together filly; absolutely oozes quality! She's so wonderfully built and has a MASSIVE Quarter Horse butt on her! The girls are now in a field which adjoins their daddy again; he came flying over to greet them as soon as I moved them all into this new field. The girls have always adored their daddy (he's the best daddy in the world